When we got back to the bus, we were dusty and sunburned, but all in good moods. The only other person I saw was Carynne, sitting at the picnic table, reading a newspaper. I sat down across from her. “Was this your idea?” “What, stopping at a campground?” “The educational experience.”
I was not surprised to find that the humming of the bus engine put me to sleep. I had brought my knock-off Walkman and headphones but didn’t need them. There was a curtain to pull across the opening of the bunk and once it was pulled it was like I was in my own little […]
I could get used to playing these amphitheaters, with the gorgeous sky slowly turning from day to night while we played, I thought. I’d probably change my mind the first time we had a rainout, but that night in Mesa I could see the appeal. It was a tight crowd, focused, and the acoustics were […]
The venue can be beautiful and high tech and still not perfect. Soundcheck was slightly delayed while some tech problem was sorted out, so the whole band was there on the stage before I had a chance to play my usual warmup. Petey, the island of salt and pepper hair on his balding head sticking […]
That was the afternoon I started teaching Colin to play the guitar. It was more or less a dare. “I can’t play the guitar,” he claimed. “Sure you can,” I argued back, and that led to me teaching him.
(Don’t forget tonight 5pm – 7pm Eastern: Google Hangout! DGC video chat, should be viewable to all here: https://plus.google.com/106322465979385944906/posts?hl=en) — So the stupid part about being on a bus overnight that was built to sleep eight people was that we really didn’t sleep. Bart got into his bunk but didn’t end up staying there. No […]
The San Diego show kicked so much ass we did an extra encore, which was my fault. I just didn’t want it to end. Louis whapped me with a rolled up newspaper afterward. “The first show where we have to get on the road overnight and you decide to go overtime?” he admonished. “But it […]
(By popular demand! Everyone wants to know what Daron was up to last night. Our usual m.o. when a graphic erotic scene might occur is to only send it to those who make a donation. But since we have a Kickstarter going on right now, I made a new reward there which will be anyone […]
Things went to hell the next day. No, they didn’t. I just wanted to try saying that and see how it sounded. Because things don’t just suddenly go to hell in the same way they don’t just magically get better, either. If there’s a miracle in my life, it’s the miracle of patience. I don’t […]
(Kickstarter status: 53% funded! 16 days to go! We just have to keep up this pace and we’ll make it! http://kck.st/IlE7Bi) — Carynne. Oh my god, good old Carynne. She sat down with me in the first row of seats and went over every mother-loving detail I asked about. Come to think of it, it […]